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SLi GTX 280s PSU opinion

Last post 08-13-2008, 8:34 AM by stoicblitzer. 34 replies.
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  •  08-06-2008, 8:13 AM 369391 in reply to 369376

    Re: SLi GTX 280s PSU opinion

    Ive personally always trust everst before speed fan or any other piece of software, and I say that because of how much they'll charge you for a copy of it, and how much  work they put into it based on there forums..
    Phenom 9850 x4, Asus MVP Deluxe , 8gigs OCZ ddr2 1066, Visiontek 3870x2, Xfi Elite,2x WD Raptors 10k in raid 0,Antec 1000watt, and Cooler-master Stacker 830 Evolution.

  •  08-06-2008, 10:19 AM 369488 in reply to 369391

    Re: SLi GTX 280s PSU opinion

    The funny thing about it is if I check the airflow coming out the back of my case, it feels slightly cool as opposed to having any abnormal heat amounts.  After I get my paper for college finished when I get home from work, I will do some more reasearch on the issue.
    Antec Nine Hundred, C2Q Q9300 (Currently at stock speeds), Asus Maximus II Formula, OCZ Reaper HPC DDR2 1066 4GB (2x2GB), BFG 9800GTX+, SupremeFX X-Fi, OCZ GameXStream 700W, Seagate 500 GB SATA hard drive, Seagate 750 GB SATA hard drive, Samsung SH-S203N SATA DVDRW, Lite-On LH-20A1L SATA DVDRW, Zalman 9700 LED, Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit retail version with SP1

  •  08-06-2008, 10:28 AM 369499 in reply to 369488

    Re: SLi GTX 280s PSU opinion

    heh, np for bringing it up.Stick out tongue
    Antec 900 | eVGA 790i Ultra SLi | Q9450 @ 2.66GHz | 4GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz | 2x nVidia GTX 280 OC SLi | WD Raptor 300GB 10000RPM | OCZ EliteXStream 800W | Windows Vista x64 SP1

  •  08-06-2008, 10:36 AM 369506 in reply to 369499

    Re: SLi GTX 280s PSU opinion

    There is also a program called OCCT I have tried after recommendation from one of my friends.  I'll try it again after work as it is designed for quad core procs.
    Antec Nine Hundred, C2Q Q9300 (Currently at stock speeds), Asus Maximus II Formula, OCZ Reaper HPC DDR2 1066 4GB (2x2GB), BFG 9800GTX+, SupremeFX X-Fi, OCZ GameXStream 700W, Seagate 500 GB SATA hard drive, Seagate 750 GB SATA hard drive, Samsung SH-S203N SATA DVDRW, Lite-On LH-20A1L SATA DVDRW, Zalman 9700 LED, Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit retail version with SP1

  •  08-06-2008, 10:37 AM 369509 in reply to 369499

    Re: SLi GTX 280s PSU opinion

    stoicblitzer:
    heh, np for bringing it up.Stick out tongue

    Hehe sorry we hijacked your thread there.

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  •  08-06-2008, 10:39 AM 369512 in reply to 369488

    Re: SLi GTX 280s PSU opinion

    Tekran:
    The funny thing about it is if I check the airflow coming out the back of my case, it feels slightly cool as opposed to having any abnormal heat amounts.  After I get my paper for college finished when I get home from work, I will do some more reasearch on the issue.

    Ok sound good.

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  •  08-13-2008, 7:39 AM 373388 in reply to 369512

    Re: SLi GTX 280s PSU opinion

    it appears that i cannot run two GTX280s at the same time. when i am in SLi mode and i try to run a game, it stutters for 10 seconds then the primary video card light goes orange and the screen goes black. i have to do a hard reboot after that. do you guy think this is a PSU problem or something else?
    Antec 900 | eVGA 790i Ultra SLi | Q9450 @ 2.66GHz | 4GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz | 2x nVidia GTX 280 OC SLi | WD Raptor 300GB 10000RPM | OCZ EliteXStream 800W | Windows Vista x64 SP1

  •  08-13-2008, 8:04 AM 373394 in reply to 373388

    Re: SLi GTX 280s PSU opinion

    It could be sounds like either you have a multi rail psu, and your rails are mixed up. Or you have a single rail psu and somewhere the gtx is just eating up the power. I looked through the thread which psu did you end up getting?
    Phenom 9850 x4, Asus MVP Deluxe , 8gigs OCZ ddr2 1066, Visiontek 3870x2, Xfi Elite,2x WD Raptors 10k in raid 0,Antec 1000watt, and Cooler-master Stacker 830 Evolution.

  •  08-13-2008, 8:10 AM 373396 in reply to 373388

    Re: SLi GTX 280s PSU opinion

    Hey, I'm New here but i contacted SilverStone about this question, (with the future of possibly upgrading to a third GTx 280, or the new 4870x2s)

     

    they reccomended the SilverStone ZM1200W

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256038

     It's sort of pricey, maybe thats why silverstone reccomended it..
     

  •  08-13-2008, 8:34 AM 373404 in reply to 373394

    Re: SLi GTX 280s PSU opinion

    Kpaul:
    It could be sounds like either you have a multi rail psu, and your rails are mixed up. Or you have a single rail psu and somewhere the gtx is just eating up the power. I looked through the thread which psu did you end up getting?

    i have the OCZ EliteXStream 800W. it's a monorail with 62A. btw, the cards are from different manufacturers. that's not supposed to make a diff, though is it?

     i put my specs in my sig.Smile

    Antec 900 | eVGA 790i Ultra SLi | Q9450 @ 2.66GHz | 4GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz | 2x nVidia GTX 280 OC SLi | WD Raptor 300GB 10000RPM | OCZ EliteXStream 800W | Windows Vista x64 SP1
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